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>> live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. >> good morning everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm caroline tyler. let's start things out with a quick first look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> hi there, carolyn, good morning, everyone. from the golden gate bridge usually it's just here we are used to the low clouds and fog but it is widespread. we are planning on it to evaporate and look for the mist and drizzle to give way to sunny conditions. numbers are pretty mild, in the 50s and 60s, and by the afternoon you will notice the warmth headed away from our coast. low 80s. we will keep it a little bit gray at the shoreline. and partial clearing there.
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mild though, and by the evening hours temperatures are still in the 60s and we are on our way to a big change in the forecast for the entire week ahead. i'll have it for you coming up. carolyn. >> thanks, lisa. in your giants colors, the giants are just hours away from meeting the st. louis cardinals in game one were the national league championship series at&t park. fans all over the bay area are quite excited. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is live at the ballpark. i know it's early, but do you see any activity around there? >> just a little bit of activity. good morning, carolyn, we actually live in front of the java house on the embarcadero. this is one of the oldest restaurants around here, 100 years old, in fact. they are getting into the spirit with the chalkboard saying "giants." but the real center is right behind me, a park. this is where it will be all about the giants. the team is back in town. you can already feel the spirit spreading across the area.
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local businesses getting ready for fans and all the profits that they will likely bring. now the giants have been warming up for today's game against st. louis. team members say they feel good. they are happy for the home field advantage and they are counting on a boost from cheering fans. local bars and restaurants like the polo grounds are gearing up for hungry, thirsty customers. they say they need the business to survive flynn this time of year. don't forget about all that gear, giants merchandise, hat, t-shirts, all hot sellers. some team members say it's all about believing in yourself. and the fans say they believe in the giants. >> i'm here from north carolina. we spend money to come see these guys when they come to win. >> it's one of those things we knew we believe in ourselves and we knew we could do it. we had to take it as the cliche goes, one game at a time. we really did. >> the difference will be who can play together, who can stick the closest and who is the better team, not just on the
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team but who is the best group of guys. we are very very gritty and grindy. >> greaty and grinddy we like that. brandon belt talked about momentum. the giants need that momentum going into the first two games. if you want to see the game and you don't have a ticket be prepared to open your wallet. standing room only tickets we are told selling for about 160 $170. lower box seats, going for as high as $10,000. we found that on stub hub. across town, of course, the niners take on the new york giants at the stick. a lot of baseball fans today. today it's all about the giants. live at&t park, abc7 news. >> thank you, cornell. first pitch of the best of seven in the nlcs against the cardinals is at 5:00 p.m.. the giants will play two games at home, then head to st. louis. game six and seven will be
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played in san francisco, if necessary. >> developing news, the space shuttle endeavour is still inching his way to its new home in los angeles at the california science center. this is a live look. you know the shuttle was supposed to arrive last night by 9:00, but it had to take a break. it started rolling again around 1:30 this morning and has since traveled another 8 blocks with roughly a mile and a half to go. now there's no single reason for this delay. it's the accumulation of a lot of small problems along the way. in one case a tree that planners thought would not be in the way had to be cut down. it has to be very carefully maneuvering around light poles as well. what you are looking at now is how endeavor made a much quicker pass through the bay area on september 21st when it flew over on the back of a specially-equipped boeing 747 on
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its way to l.a. we have more developing news for you now. extreme athlete feel felix bumgarner is on his way to mike a skydive from 23 miles above the earth. and this was the scene as he launched from rosswell, new mexico around 8:30 this morning. he's inside a capsule being lifted by a 30 million tube pick foot helium balloon. the jump was postponed twice last week by high winds. this is a live picture you are seeing here. it will take several hours for him to reach the edge of space to make the jump. if he touches the capsule on his way out it could tear his protective suit and that could be deadly. n.a.s.a. is testing the suit by possible use by astronauts in making emergency escapes. now during his free fall bumgarner hopes to become the
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first skydiver to break the sound barrier, which means he would become the first supersonic skydiver. in other news this morning an east bay community on alert this weekend after a series of mail thefts. but neighbors do have one advantage, surveillance video. abc7 news reporter sergio quintana has the details. >> here he's on the property running up past the car. he has a cigarette in his hand. >> what you are listening to is one of the victims in a series of thefts in this neighborhood. he agreed not to use the victim's name but he agreed to walk us step by step through images about of the thief caught on his surveillance system. >> looking for witnesses quickly grabs the mail, turns around. looks down the hill. he obviously has the mail in his possession. >> police say this suspect may be responsible for several
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thefts in the neighborhood. >> over the course of about the past week we've had approximately four incidents of mail theft in el~cerrito. it occurred in the area of arlington boulevard and cutting boulevard. >> the resident who got this surveillance video said this thief made off with a cashier's check from his mailbox. another one said someone stole a package right off her front steps. this is a neighborhood neighbors tell us has been safe and they try to keep an eye on each other's property. >> we find out more about it now since we have a neighborhood watch where e-mails are exchanged between neighbors >> one of the biggest concerns by investigators when someone rifles through someone else's mailbox is identity theft. >> there may be account information in there, depending on bank statements. >> thanks to this surveillance video, police have excellent images of they're suspect and the vehicle he drove off in. they believe it's a silver or white cobalt. >> there's four separate cases of mail theft in this
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neighborhood in the last week but police say there may be other victims. they are hoping residents will monitor their accounts and if for some reason they believe they are an additional victim, they should contact police. abc7 news. in hayward a 66-year- old pedestrian has died after being hit by a motorist on jackson street last night. police say it happened just before nine. the 26-year-old motorcyclist was also injured but his injuries are not life-threatening, both men of hayward residents. jackson street was shut down for about an hour and a half in both directions. >> a man who helped search for a missing hollister woman is now accused of killing her. david kept police at hollister in bay as they went to talk to him friday night about the missing mother. he surrendered about 3:00 yesterday morning and police found a woman's body inside his
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home. investigators believe it's 25-year-old heather carroll, who disappeared last wednesday. police say the man told investigators the woman died after the two got into an argument. he took part in one of the many community searches for carroll. >> straight ahead, san francisco's bid to persuade the nfl to let the city host a super bowl in the not-too-distant future. also new details about friday night's boat rescue in san francisco bay. the owner of the boat tells abc7 news exactly what happened. >> if they do reopen it, i bet a lot of kids would be very, very happy. >> and the fight to rebuild a dirt-filled swimming pool in the east bay.
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add a layer of warmth to your next dinner. pillsbury grands biscuits let the making begin. >> we're now learning more about what happened on the party boat from ran aground and began sinking friday night in san francisco bay. twenty-two people had to be rescued after the accident near alcatraz. abc news reporter nick smith caught up with the owner of the boat. >> reporter: take a look at this video just obtained by abc7 news. these hair-raising moments captured at 22 people had to be rescued from a dining boat in the san francisco bay. they were enjoying a bachelor party when their boat hit rocks near alcatraz island and immediately started taking on water and sinking. >> in my opinion the crew was in tip top shape. >> melissa and her family %
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% o% seasoned m % e% to restore % % % % >> 22 people had to be rescued in the fran bay. group was enjoying a bachelor party when their boat hit rocks near alcatraz island and began taking on water and sinking. >> the gear was working great in my opinion the crew was in tip top shape. >> melissa mcdowell and her family started their business wine tasting on the bay in march. >> we were ready to just go go, go and a fluke accident out on the bay. >> an accident that left two large holes torn into the boat's hull make it impossible to sail. she had bookings guaranteed through november. now everything is on hold. >> i made a lot of calls this morning and told my customers the disappointing news. >> i've been running the boat since 1990. >> the captain towed the boat in for repair. he said the accident that grounded the tip tune, could have been avoided. >> they hit the rock. went inside and hit a navigational error. >> the neptune captain has almost 20 years of nautical
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experience under his belt. she immediately ruled out drugs and alcohol. >> the crew was tested within two hours on the alcohol test and we do drug testing. >> petty officer pamela said an official investigation is underway but boating accidents in the bay happen all the time. >> they happen to the most seasoned maritime veterans and they happen to people just going out for the day in a kayak. >> the neptune will sail again. it will take about six or eight weeks to repair, making it ready just in time for the thanksgiving holiday. in sausalito nick smith, abc7 news. >> in berkeley, neighborhood kids dressed in swim suits but with nowhere to swim are campaigning to restore their local pool. >> yesterday there was a mock swimathon to support measures o and n. if passed funding from the tax and bond measures would rebuild
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and rehope willard pool, among others. >> it's sad to see the pool was filled with dirt. >> there are opponents of measures o and n. they argue the city should not undertake any major projects until it has cash to cover all unfunded liabilities. new this morning, san francisco is make bid to be the host city for the super bowl in 2016 or 2017. even though the 49ers are moving to santa clara. today san francisco chronicle reports mayor ed lee has been quietly working with the 49ers to be the host city, even though the game would be played at the new stadium in the south bay. tomorrow the league will announce whether san francisco is actually among the contenders. the paper said san francisco would host a series of events during the week leading up to the big game.
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49er ceo reaffirmed on friday that he considers san francisco the team owes home. he says if the niners wane super bowl, the parade would be on market street. and lisa, we are wondering what santa clara mayor thinks about all of that. >> yeah, interesting. >> well, it doesn't look like it from here, but we are beginning to see this cloud deck erode in some parts of the bay area. dense fog in many areas with visibility below a quarter mile. here's a view from mount tam. out by the delta and we are looking at a few glimpse of sun. but it's still an hour and 15 minutes away at sfo. how is it going to end up this afternoon all the way around? a look at that and the look ahead coming up. >> and stanford battles notre dame into overtime. but the game ended on a controversial call. mike
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lymphoma society. they started off in the fog lisa but as they make their way to the ocean are they going to see more sunshine? >> no. it's going to be pretty cloudy. we are looking at limited sun at our beaches. but it's beginning to break out around the bay area but it's also compressed and dense right in and around the water. so as we head outside right now, you notice that it looks kind of pretty out there from above vollmer peak but we are looking at higher pressure building in and that's what makes for the dense fog at the surface. closer to home, yeah, mild temperatures. not much in the way of a breeze. we are talking about a flat-looking flag there with the sun setting at 6:33. live doppler 7 hd showing that we do have some clouds offshore but the main weather feature today is that compressed marine layer. it's over 1000 feet deep. it is providing for some really pea soup fog out there with just over a mile visibility from
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oakland, up toward napa, santa rosa a quarter mile, three quarter mile half moon bay and it's improved considerably through livermore but concord at a mile and san jose things beginning to brighten up. and i think from the south we will see the cloud deck ered quicker because we are look at the clear conditions along the monterey coast. as we go through the next several hours, by 11:00 we have a few patches here over into our pete bay and still some stubborn fog here but we get into partly cloudy conditions as the afternoon progresses and more fog headed our way for the next 48 hours or so before we get a wind shift works i is really going to change everything midweek. very mild condition with light winds. 60 in san jose. boy, is it damp out there? temperatures anywhere from ten degrees warmer this morning due to all of that moisture in san jose and four degrees of warming in oakland. we will look for a sunny afternoon. a few high clouds from time to time, but that drizzle and the fog lifting. st. louis we are looking at the
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conditions to really switch by midweek. but take a look at this. you will notice how the green up towards the top of your screen just stays there. and that's because high pressure is building in. but it's going to block these systems monday and tuesday. you notice the one on tuesday getting a little further south toward ukiah. that will keep the temperatures pretty much the same. so very pleasant. but then we are looking at that offshore flow and another five to seven degrees of warming. 78 in concord today with 74 in fremont. low 70s for oakland with mid some upper 70s in the south bay. you have to go far north to get the 80s. with the clear start you are underway to a warm afternoon in morgan hill and gilroy. the accuweather seven-day forecast, we are counting on the fog to continue to bring us more sunshine with 70s and 80s. candlestick park should be comfortable with a west wind. monday a little change. warmer conditions come tuesday
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and wednesday 80s and 90s. by thursday, san francisco should be in the mid-70s. we are looking at that cool down coming for the north bay friday. and in just four days abc7 will giveaway $49,000. the winner will be announced right after the 49ers game thursday right here on abc7. you can still enter through our facebook page. just go to facebook.com/abc67 news and click to win $49,000 button that will take you to the online forum where you can enter all your details. you asked me how many likes. i think 60,000 maybe, more. everyone has a chance. >> you don't. you are not eligible. >> no. >> thanks lisa. you talked about how it will be comfortable out of the stick. it is a huge sports sunday in san francisco. at 1:45 there's a championship rematch game at candlestick
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park. then, as you know, at 5:15 the san francisco giants play the st. louis cardinals at&t park in game one of the national league championship series. yesterday stanford was on national tv against seventh-ranked notre dame. here's mike shumann with highlights of the controversial ending in this morning's sports. good morning. stanford look for their fourth straight win over notre dame yesterday in south bend. >> it was raining, a defensive battle and it came down to overtime. the second road game for josh nunes. the only stanford cut down was the defense, and golson sacked by gardner in the end zone. first time irish trailed this season. the first touchdown, tied at 10. like last week, the game was decided in overtime. irish went first. rees to jones. touchdown. stanford going for the tie, but fourth and goal stepfan taylor gets stuffed at the line.
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went to the booth for the replay. looked like he wasn't down, but it was ultimately called a stop. stanford falling to 4-2. 7th ranked notre dame, 6-0. 20-13, your final. cal hosted by washington state. the bears seem to be finding their mojo. first quarter, keenan allen takes the slant route from maynard. watch the all-american go! breaks the two tackles. nice move here. turns on the jets, 69 yards later the bears off and running. allen, 11 catches, 166 yards. 7-0, bears. zach maynard doing it through the air with his feet and 21-3 bears. fourth quarter, anderson bursts through the hole. 29 yards for his second td of the game. he finished with 112 yards. cal wins two in a row, 31-17 that final. san jose state hosting utah state. homecoming weekend. first wac match-up of the season. spartans trade, but got within 8 by halftime. however, a minute into the third, williams, 86 yards engine
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finished with 176 on the day. they dropped 4-2 on the year with 49-27-pounding. all right, game one of the nlcs today at&t park, 5:15. featuring the past two championships. giants came back from two games down and won three in a row and cincinnati, and meanwhile st. louis came back to beat the team with the best record in baseball, the washington nationals. two teams full of confidence, it will make a great series. >> i think it's one of those things that we knew, we believed in ourselves and knew we could do it, but at the same time we knew it would be hard. we have to take it as the cliche goes, one game at a time. we really did. >> the difference will be who can play together, who can stick the closest and who is the better team not just on the field, but who is the best group of guys. i have a lot of confidence in my team. we are very good and grindy. >> 49ers hosting the raiders
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and have a great day. >> coming up the countdown is on for the next presidential debate. why many think president obama needs a knockout tuesday night to regain momentum with just about three weeks to election day. and a warning to lake
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>> welcome back, everyone. to the countdown to the next heavy weight battle between president obama and mitt romney. both men in intense training for tuesday's second debate. and with just 23 days left before the election, the stakes could not be higher. many believe the president needs a knockout to regain momentum. it's your voice your vote. here's abc news reporter david curly with the details. >> the stage is being set in new york. the ring if you will. it's the next debate round. >> i think the stakes are enormous particularly for the president. >> round one went to romney. the second round obama got back in the fight withwide. now with round three just days away, this morning the candidates are in their corners. mitt romney in boston. the president in williamsburg,
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virginia, taking three days off the campaign trail, not for golf, but debate practice. that's because, after his first debate, the president watched the polls tighten in key battleground states with romney moving ahead in virginia in one poll. team obama tells us the president will go after romney on his tax cut plans, and his ideas for winding down the war in afghanistan. but in tuesday's debate, it will be audience members who will be asking the questions in the town hall format. >> he's got to be able to go on offense without being offensive to the audience. he's got to go on offense and defend his vision his path for where he would take the country in a second term. >> now about a week ago i had a debate, and i did enjoy myself. [cheers and applause] >> as for romney who is energized by the momentum in bigger crowds he's seen since the debate, the debate coach says keep it up. >> i can't imagine gov. romney would get overconfident, but he
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needs to keep doing much of the same that he did in the first debate. >> the hofstra face-off set for tuesday. both campaigns continue to raise money. today the obama campaign announced it has now reached 4 million donors. a presidential campaign record. david curlyabc news, the white house. >> again the next presidential debate is tuesday at hofstra university in new york. abc7 will carry it live at 6:00 p.m. californiaiance like online voter registration but that might not be good news for republicans. more than 400,000 californians have registered to vote online and more than 77% of them are registering democrat. new this morning, cal-osha record show workers at the chevron refinery in richmond complains the company was ignoring corrosion problems after a small fire broke out last year. the san francisco chronicle
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reports en expecttors learned with corrosion concerns from two workers of that the october, 2011 fire that was quickly extinguished after a maintenance shut down. the workers told the inspectors corrosion was attacking the refinery and they were concerned for the safety of fellow provide he's. chevron maintains appropriate actions were taken to protect everyone. unchecked corrosion is what is suspected in causing the major fair in august that sent thousands of people to area hospitals. sunnyvale-based amd are cutting hundreds of jobs. advance microdevices say computers who rely on their process source around selling as much as they used to. they cut 10% of their workforce last year. this time it's expected to be 20%, mostly in engineering and sales. a california father is issuing an extreme warning to speeding drivers. philip tingley has put up this sign in front of his home in bakersfield. it reads, "warning, you hit my kid, you will be shot."
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he said many neighbors support the sign and he believes it's working. he said drivers are following the 25-mile-per-hour speed limit. >> i'm not here to hurt anybody. that's not my intentions. it's just everyone slow down and we are good. >> it's a little much. a little shocking. but i understand their frustration. i mean, aside from doing that, the only alternative is possibly speed bumps, and i don't think that would be accepted very well in the neighborhood. >> police say tingley is not breaking any laws with his sign. tv host and actor gary collins has died. the 74-year-old passed away yesterday of natural causes at a biloxi, mississippi hospital. this is video of him and his wife former miss america mary
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ann mogley. during the '80s he hosted the miss america pageant and the talk so "our magazine." he also appeared in numerous movies and tv shows back in the '70s, including the love boat, fantasy island and the sixth sense. boaters on lake tahoe are being asked to have patience as they may experience delays over the next six weeks while divers rid the lake of an invasive pest. they are waging a war on asian clams. the clams promote the growth of algae and that could ruin the lake's clarity. since they are not native, divers will be treating about five acres of the lake bottom starting tuesday. the clams live on a shallow gravel sandbar about 15 feet below the surface at the mouth of emerald bay. coming up, taking a bite out of bullying. the local schools that have launched a new program around lunch breaks to stop bullying. and here is a live look from san jose from our camera there showing you the shark tank empty because of the nhl strike.
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9:welcome back. it's 9 could 39. this has to be a spectacular site. the space shuttle endeavour slowly inching its way to its new home in los angeles at the california cience center. they thought it would get there around 9:00 last night but they have encountered all sorts of problems having to maneuver around light poles and cutting down trying to get it out of the way. it's traveled about eight blocks this morning with roughly a mile and a half to go. >> new this morning the new mexico company that manufactures peanut butter linked to an outbreak of salmonella is expanding its recall of peanut products. sunland, incorporated has added both raw and processed peanuts both she would and out of the
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shell. sunland's peanut butter sold at trader joe's has been linked to 35 salmonella cases in 19 states. some schools in marin county are taking a new approach to stop bullying. four schools have kicked off the no one eats alone campaign to try to prevent social isolation at school. abc7 news education reporter lyanne melendez has the story. >> let's face it, lunchtime can be lonely for some kids. >> if i sit alone i'm going to feel all sad because, like i can't -- i don't have no one to sit with. >> and that feeling of not fitting in can be stressful. >> they go with other people and i just stay in the room with my other friends and then i feel different. >> does that hurt? >> kind of. >> i feel angry at them. >> but those things don't happy -- happen anymore at davidson
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middle school in san rafael. the white and orange wristband symbolizes inclusion. >> you see someone sitting alone and you go and say, hey, do you want to eat with me? >> this was started by an organization called beyond differences. her late daughter had a medical condition and it affected the way her classmates treated her. i said it's like occupy middle school. go back and do the most positive thing you can think of doing change the culture. >> the no one eats alone initiative has several trained team leaders monitoring the lunch hour. they are the ones in the back t-shirts. >> to make sure all the kids are involved and no one is eating alone or feeling socially isolated. >> excluding someone is a type of bullying, and studies have shown this type of isolation has a significant impact on students way beyond the lunchtime. >> but when students engage with others, educators say it changes how they interact in class.
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>> we see a decrease in behaver problems. we see them more engaged. we see them sharing, we see their inner social skills improving. >> the goal is to have all middle and high schools in marin county on board by the end of the school year. in san rafael, lyanne melendez abc7 news. >> the school week is going to be heating up. >> big time. speaking of marin county we have a shot of mount tam now where the fog deck below is really encompassing much of the north bay, the east bay and south bay but the edges of eroding here. temperatures mild. still delays at sfo and still a lot of sunshine the rest of the day. ail tell you about it next. >> also ahead, the cured meat movement. we will show you how to get in on it and how
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[ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. your head-start to home cooked. >> welcome back, everyone. eats 9:46 on this sunday morning. can you imagine getting this close to a space shuttle? it is huge, and the crowds are huge, as well, trying to get a closeup look at the endeavour as it slowly inches down the streets of l.a. it's been quite a challenge. a little trickier than they thought. looks like you can see where a wing might sheer a tree. they have had to cut a few down overnight to make room for this massive shuttle to get by.
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hopefully it's going to make it there to the california science center in los angeles sometime later today. you know, lisa they can't blame the delay on weather at all. >> no. nice and sunny down there. >> yeah. >> in fact, pretty warm near 90 in l.a. today. back home we are pretty gray. still lots of fog over the bay. here's a look from vollmer peak right now. we still have the overcast over into our east bay, but temperatures are on the mild side. and we are looking at the visibility within the next, oh, two hours or so to improve dramatically. and the sunshine to work its way from the south and east out over the bay. live doppler 7 hd. we are looking at the low clouds and fog over the north bay and into the east bay. but down around the central coast it's clear and we are looking at some sun shine south of san jose right now. so temperatures are pretty mild with this deck of low clouds out there. but look at the visibility. just a mile 1/2 in oakland.
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quarter of a mile santa rosa with five miles san jose. it's better in livermore but still only two miles in half moon bay. by 11:00 12:00, we have sunshine here. notice the temperatures responding to the blue sky and that fog evaporating. so 70s and 80s but with partial clearing here. we call it partial clearing in the city. near 70 today around 1:00 2:00 towards the financial district. and then we will see the fog move back in. mid-50s right any in fremont. good morning napaa, 57 for you. 56 in the city. today in san francisco a mild afternoon, but, boy, temperatures are really going to come up come midweek." right now we are warmer than we were yesterday. ten degrees warmer in san jose, but pretty gray out there for sure. by the afternoon we will see pretty decent and seasonal day. so fog and drizzle still out there. mostly sunny. a few high clouds north. and behind a few temperatures that are going to pass us by to the north we get into an offshore flow, and the heat
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comes back wednesday and thursday. so here's your water vapor imagery. you can see the dark shade here. it's high pressure deflecting a couple of weak weather systems to our north. boy, it's very rainy up in the pacific northwest. it will stay wet to the north of us and it will keep the temperatures on the mild side as we see a few high clouds from time to time. low 80s return to the sacramento valley. nice and sunny there with warm temperatures in southern california. we are looking at the cool start in the sierra nevada with 20s there. upper 60s in the city. low 60s in oakland with a return to some pretty nice afternoon readings from livermore. 76 this san jose. sunny skies now allowing for the numbers to climb to the low 80s in gilroy today. 77 in hollister, and if you are headed to the game this evening still a couple hours of date with some clear conditions, mild temperatures, low 60s and then the fog returns with the temperatures dropping through the 50s at&t park.
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tomorrow just about the same. we will look for some warming by tuesday. feeling like summer on wednesday with 80s and 09s around the bay. 70s at our coast and mid-70s on thursday for the 49ers game. dropping to the 60s by the evening hours, and then it's cooler friday and saturday. >> all right. 49ers game, 49,000 buck rues given away here right after the game. >> dollars. >> thank are you, lisa. for thousands of years people have been curing and preserving meat. these days in modern times we just go to the grocery store. but there is a growing cure-your-own movement now underway. assignment 7 report abc7 news anchor dan ashley looks at the renewed interest in making salami. >> here in san francisco's mission district, cured meats are hot. making it is even hotter. >> this chef is known for his cured meats. he helped open this place
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earlier this year. when it opened, 20% of the meat was house made. it was quickly sold out. >> hopefully three years down the road, 50% is hours and then 100 percent. >> it's just one of many places around the bay area and country that make and selling their own artisan cured weeks. -- artisan cured meats. >> it's old world tradition and it was lost for a long time. >> he said it is a game of patience. it can take up to 18 months for meats to cure before they can be eaten. because they only make small batches, the end product tends to cost more than what might found at the typical grocery store. >> from fermenting to aging to rotating, to introducing molds and being patient. >> here in napa they don't just sell the cured meats, they make them, too. >> you can let that go. you don't need to slide it out. and they will teach you from
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grinding the meat -- pouring in a little wine and peppercorn. >> to mixing it up. >> that's the salami number one. >> the fatted calf is bringing the art to the masses. >> it's basically a place where meat products are prepared and sold. that could mean anything from a few different kinds of sausage all the way up to what we do, a bit of everything. it's an important product that should be preserve and passed along. >> most are made from pork and curing salt and they are left to age by hanging to dry. some at room temperature. others in refrigerated conditions. like cheese, mold can help define the flavor of the end product. >> this is being done for thousands of years. >> the classes cost $175 per person and are so popular they are already sold out through february. >> a little bit goes a long way. >> everyone seems to have their own reason for taking the class, but everyone agrees it is a good time. >> i like to cook and thought it would be fun to do, so here i am.
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i thought i'll either end up with this class never eating salami again, or loving sausages and understanding where it comes from. it's the only cooking class i can get him to take with me because it's sort of a guy thing. >> i would recommend it to anyone. >> they welcome the renewed interest and competition. >> for me the whole reason i got into it was to learn and to something a little different. >> i want to help, be here to educate people and help people enjoy food, enjoy life. dang ashley, abc7 news. >> breaking news this morning. san francisco police are on the scene of a 1300 block of eddie street in the city's western addition. they say a wanted man may be inside a building there. abc7 news has learned there was a shootout between a man on the street and an unknown number of people inside a passing car. that happened around 7:00 this morning. we understand at this time no one is injured but police continue to try to make contact
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>> well, a lot of folks in strange costumes has descended on new york city this weekend.
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it is the new york city comic-con. some dressed as hulk, one of the avengers and plenty of women and men in wonder woman costumes are wondering the convention halls. this is billed as the largest pop culture convention on the east coast. it wraps up today. >> let's get a final check of the accuweather forecast with meteorologist leagues arrange. >> well, it's beginning to get a little brightner the east bay valleys. from vollmer peak you can see some of the fog is disappearing. that translates into warmer temperatures inland. concord and livermore, near 80 today. also around the south bay, mid-and upper 70s. 73 in oakland and we are sunny here already along the central coast. we will see those low 80s from morgan hill to gilroy and big game tonight. talking low 60s starting out nice and calm. the fog should come back late but still not too bad. upper 50s and we will keep it steady until midweek when the
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heat returns offshore flow high fire danger. >> thank you, lisa and thank you for joining us on the abc7 cern morning news. i'm care loin tyler along with lisa argen. abc7 news continues at 5:00 ton. we want to remind you about our exclusive alarm clock appear for the i-phone. download it for free and you can make up to the bay area's latest headline, weather and traffic. we will end with a shot of the shuttle crawling along the streets of [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits. delicious. but say i press a few out flat... add some beef sloppy joe sauce... and cheese fold it all up and boom! i just made an unbeatable unsloppy joe pillsbury grands biscuits. let the making begin. [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun.
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